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Towards Rich Survival: Aristotle

In: Organizations

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  • Jan Achterbergh

    (Radboud University Nijmegen Fac. Management Sciences)

  • Dirk Vriens

    (Radboud University Nijmegen Fac. Management Sciences)

Abstract

The previous chapter was about poor survival. To be more precise, it was about a bad case of poor survival; the disciplines. We argued that attached to them there are six disquieting features, all related to the instrumental use of trivialized behavior to realize contingent goals of organizational production processes. By analyzing the disciplines, we arrived at a set of general cybernetic and social systemic principles underpinning all management of organizational behavior. The question arose whether the application of these principles in organizations necessarily leads to “discipline-like” forms of management. This question is disquieting because an affirmative answer would mean that all organizations trivialize the behavior of their members, using it as an instrument to their contingent and possibly evil ends. Against this bleak picture of organizing and organizations, we think that rich survival is possible. This means that organizations do not necessarily trivialize behavior and that the ends of their primary processes are not necessarily contingent.

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  • Jan Achterbergh & Dirk Vriens, 2009. "Towards Rich Survival: Aristotle," Springer Books, in: Organizations, chapter 0, pages 311-343, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-642-00110-9_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-00110-9_10
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